Services

Howard Building Corporation offers a wide range of construction
services to meet the needs of any commercial interior building project.
Our approach is what sets us apart from the competition. Our construction specialists
utilize their experience and knowledge to ensure a smooth and
understandable project experience for our clients. Through effective
communication and collaboration, our clients experience confidence in
the building process, and trust that their vision will become a reality.
For HBC, the relationship with our clients is what matters most.

We believe that the success of a project is established early in a
project's development. Before the designer's vision, before the
engineer's solutions, before a lease is signed or a building built,
there is the client's need for a new or renovated space. The journey
from this need to a built environment can be complex, but we strive to
make the process smooth and simple for our clients. We prefer to engage
a project at its earliest stages and offer a wide variety of services
that promote communication, the sharing of information and collaboration
between all team members.

Site Evaluation+

Drawing from over
thirty years of experience in the Southern California real estate
market, we have developed strong relationships and work with every major
commercial real estate brokerage firm to provide accurate and thorough
site evaluations that assist clients in their real estate selection
process. We also assist in determining construction scope and
feasibility, providing them with the information they need to make
informed decisions.

CONSTRUCTABILITY+

Early planning and
collaboration between brokers, designers, general contractors and
clients can help avoid delays and added expense. We advise the team of
material availability, construction feasibility, cost impacts and
schedule implications early in planning, and we work closely with the
project team to facilitate and execute with efficiency and cost
consideration from the beginning of the project.

PRELIMINARY PRICING +

We deliver
preliminary pricing that is the most thorough in the industry. Every
component needed to build a project is priced through our extensive
network of pre-qualified subcontractors, offering clients a construction
budget that reflects current market costs, not just estimates. This
avoids surprises later and ultimately results in project savings.

DESIGN ASSIST+

We are highly
respected in the architectural community. Our relationships have been
built on trust and respect, and we work with all of our design partners
with a collaborative approach. Our shared purpose is to serve our
client and build the highest quality space possible. We provide
construction solutions during the design process to ensure that the
design vision can become reality.

VALUE ENGINEERING+

This is not just a
cost cutting exercise for us. Our sensitivity to the goals of our
clients and the talent of our design partners allows us to assist in the
process of budget management while maintaining design intent. We
believe the experience of building is personal, and we continually
provide service that proves it. We think out of the box to find
solutions, we stay ahead of trends to innovate, and we are always
searching for a better approach. Responding to the budget needs keep us
focused on solutions that allow us to deliver the best project for our
clients. By providing alternative construction approaches and
collaboratively working with architects and designers, we achieve value
added results within a more refined budget.

Our primary commitment during construction is delivering an excellent
project. From our talented superintendents to our dedicated, hands-on
leadership, we provide exceptional client service that ensures a
smoothly run project. Our clients rely on us to coordinate the
construction process, and we strive for the highest level of safety,
documentation, communication, and responsiveness. Our strong
partnership with leading vendors and subcontractors in the industry
instills a sense of confidence in our clients that their project will be
executed with the highest quality workmanship. The professionalism and
expertise of our project managers ensures an efficient and timely
delivery of the final product. Our efforts insure an exceptional
environment for the client's organization.

COORDINATION+

Building a space is a
complex process. Simply considering the number of people and trades a
build requires can be overwhelming for clients. We take that complexity
out of the equation. Our superintendents maintain a full-time presence
on every project, coordinating the trades and vendors, including
client-hired vendors, throughout the entire project. This ensures
adherence to the schedule and a proactive, real-time response to any
issues that may arise.

SAFETY+

Our highest priority
during construction is safety on the job site. We have developed and
require our staff and all subcontractors to comply with the highest safety
standards in the industry. This extends even further to keeping the job
site exceptionally clean and organized, an expectation established and
maintained by all of our superintendents ensuring that projects will run
more safely and efficiently with the least amount of disturbance to any
staff or other tenants near the construction site.

DOCUMENTATION+

Behind the scenes,
we have a dedicated staff that manages the flow of documentation
throughout a project. Every Project Manager is supported by a Project
Engineer and Project Administrator who work closely to process
submittals, requests for information, shop drawings, samples, meeting
minutes, daily logs, and pay requests to organize the project process.
Our Project Teams are some of the most talented in the industry at
ensuring a project's seamless execution.

COMMUNICATION +

At the core of our
success is communication. Every member of a project team brings
something important to the project, whether it be the client's needs,
the design vision, the management approach, or the construction
application. Our proactive and collaborative communication between all
team members creates project success. Any issue can be resolved,
especially when all voices are heard, and the common goal is sustained.

RESPONSE +

For over thirty
years, we have built extraordinary spaces for hundreds of highly
recognizable companies, many on the cutting edge of their own
industries. How have we done it? We always respond. Our team members,
from our leadership to our superintendents, stay consistently
accessible to our clients. Together we find solutions that, through
time, build a sense of trust. We value that trust above all else and
work diligently to maintain it with all of our clients.

The end of a project signifies the completion of much more than
just the construction of a space. We go beyond the typical close-out
protocols to ensure that a client is not only completely satisfied with
their new environment, but also has a full understanding of how to get
the most from their space in the future. Prior to delivery we ensure
that all systems are functioning properly and that the client feels
confident in their new environment.

For us, the end of a project is also an opportunity to appreciate
the experience of working together as a team, to celebrate the
challenges overcome, and to look forward to ensure future opportunities
that further our relationship. Many of our clients become clients for
decades, and we believe that taking the time to make sure they are
completely satisfied with the results of our building process is one
reason why.

Sustainability

At our core, we are committed to doing our part to positively impact
the environment around us. HBC is deeply involved with the U.S. Green
Building Council to the extent that our CEO, Paul McGunnigle, sits on
the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Chapter of the USGBC. Twenty
eight members of our team, both in office roles and in the field, are
also LEED accredited professionals.

HBC completed the first LEED Platinum interiors project in
California - The Herman Miller National Design Center in Los Angeles -
and to date has successfully completed three more LEED Platinum projects
- Google, RealTech and Glumac.

We are proud of our efforts to provide sustainable solutions for
our clients and to extend ourselves beyond our professional lives in our
efforts of conservation.

Safety

Howard Building Corporation believes that everyone
benefits from a safe work environment, and we are
committed to maintaining an injury-free and illness-free workplace.
Because a stringent safety program is one of the aspects of construction
that is paramount to success, we have implemented the HBC Injury &
Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), which establishes the highest level
of protocols in our industry. The upholding of these standards is required of all
employees to ensure a safe working environment.

We believe that it is everyone's responsibility, as we work
together, to diligently identify and eliminate conditions and practices
that would result in an unsafe work environment. Field staff are all thoroughly trained and held accountable
for promoting and working according to the policies established in the
IIPP, as well as all federal, state and local work safety regulations.

In the more than thirty years that HBC has operated, our safety
ratings are consistently among the highest in our industry, and we
constantly strive to implement better approaches to safety to ensure a
healthy future, both for our company and our team.